Temperatures across a large part of the North Pacific have reached an all-time high at nearly 2.5 C above the pre-industrial average. “This blob is a couple of degrees warmer than what we would expect ...

A weather phenomenon called "The Blob" could have a major impact on Chicago's winter forecast, but what is it exactly? While it may be the title of a famed horror movie, this version of "The Blob" isn ...

Chicago-area residents aren’t strangers to tough winters, but could a phenomenon called “The Blob” make things snowier and colder than usual? “The Blob” is of course the title of a famed horror movie, ...

A strong marine heat wave, known as a blob, is back in the northern Pacific Ocean, causing record warm ocean temperatures and a potentially wetter-than-normal winter for the Pacific Northwest, say ...

A marine heat wave spanning much of the North Pacific Ocean is already influencing the weather in North America and is poised to make its mark on winter. The unusually warm ocean water, coined “the ...

It’s back!!! The “blob” has returned. No, not the 1958 sci-fi film of the same name starring a young Steve McQueen in his first leading role. This “blob” is the marine heatwave that now spans much of ...

From seabirds to sea lions, wildlife along the California coast are now facing “the Blob,” a massive marine heat wave that’s become a recurring anomaly since the early 2010s. The oceanic phenomenon ...

A record-breaking and astonishingly expansive marine heat wave is underway in the Pacific Ocean, stretching about 5,000 miles from the water around Japan to the West Coast of the United States. The ...

The summer that the ocean fell silent stays with Mike Reid. “It looked like a dead zone. There were no birds, no seals, no otters. When you looked into the water column, there was no urchin, there was ...